I am a painter working in pastels, with some oils, and acrylics. I sketch in pen and ink. As an artist my original paintings are influenced from living in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, and travels throughout much of Canada and all our fifty States.
This is my spot for posting paintings and sketches, to muse mostly about art, life and a little about UT Baseball.

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

"How To" by Maggie Stiefvater

Full of Hot AirPastel on Pastelbord, 12 x 12 inches

You all know that I read Maggie's blog to have a smile at the end of my day. But.... she is a great artist and shares her ideas and discoveries with all of us. If you don't read her blog on a daily basis, you might check it out. She does a recipe/food instruction page , The Deadly Spatula, as well. She is a member of wetcanvas.com and shares info there. There is a very good thread going on at the moment in how she did this painting in colored pencil. Amazing stuff. I might even try it, a quick way to use colored pencil. Hoorah! That is my complaint about colored pencil, to get your paper filled in and have great colors you have to do umpteen layers. Maggie's method helps. She also does it on Pastelbord (we have talked about Pastelbord before, I used it in the one in this post, Full of Hot Air, and I'm using it in my current painting.) and frames without glass, if I'm not mistaken. Pretty cool.

The wetcanvas.com site is a little complicated, but in the thread you go forward and back using the arrows and numbers at the upper right and scoot around by clicking on links and using the search bar. Have fun. It is well worth the effort, believe me. Be careful, it is addictive, like blogging instead of painting. Hmmm.

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About Me

I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. (Link on sidebar)
"I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." --
Winston Churchill

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